RPC I, 3822


Image of specimen #1

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/3822 json ttl rdf xml
Volume	I
Number	3822
Province	Kingdom of Pontus
Region	Pontus
City	Kingdom of Pontus
Reign	Polemo II
Person (obv.)	Polemo II (king)
Person (rev.)	Tryphaena (queen)
Issue	Year 13
Dating	50/1
Obverse inscription	ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΟΛΕΜΩΝΟΣ
Obverse design	diademed head of Polemo, r.
Reverse inscription	ΕΤΟΥΣ ΙΓ
Reverse design	diademed bust of Tryphaena, r.
Metal	Silver
Average weight	7.09 g
Reference	Rec 34
Specimens	3 (1 in the core collections)
Note	For discussion of the identify of the lady, portrayed, see F. Imhoof-Blumer, ZfN 20, pp. 267–8, Rec 25, n. 2. The diadem seems to indicate that the portrait is intended to be of Queen Tryphaena.